Symbols of peace and friendship were exchanged by Sargeant Mattia Ciroux, from the US military and Malalai Joya and Afghan peace activist at the No To Nato summit held in Strasbourg on 4-6 April 2009. They did this to show how friendship can prevail in a time of war. This is one of the many events the mainstream media chose not to cover as part of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of NATO.
Chiroux wore his Army fatigues when he appeared on Fox 2 Tuesday morning (Apr.21, 2009), but his American flag patch on his right arm, was upside down